Last night,?the wee section of the twit-O-sphere that digs both hip hop and British period dramas, wet its collective pants over Diddy?s announcement that he had become a series regular on Downton Abbey. But, alas, it was all in jest … Diddy, that jokester, was just promoting his new Funny Or Die video.
In the video, Diddy clarifies recent press?announcing that the upcoming fourth season of his ?favorite show of all-time –?Downtown Abbey,”?will include a black cast member, by explaining that he himself has?been there from the beginning. The video then shows footage of?Diddy wreaking havoc on Downton, even daring to call the marvelous Dowager Countess ?a little bitchy.?
Diddy?advises Lord Grantham to invest in IBM rather than dead-end Canadian railroads; offers Lady Crawley and?the Dowager Countess?a lovely tipple of Ciroc premium vaw-kuh before urging them to make out, French-style; and introduces them all to the glory of a White Party.
He even spurns the loving advances of that dastardly gay footman, Thomas, explaining that he's already in ?love with Sibyl and Mary and Miss Patmore and the Dowager Countess and a coupla them maids.? Poor Edith is always left out.
The video isn’t laugh-out-loud funny, but it is nice to imagine Diddy enjoying himself a bit of Downton. Maybe next he’ll do a guest spot on Midsomer Murders.